Games like Despair
If Despair is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mythical Ruins, Conquistadors and Viva Zalata — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Despair: Despair is a third-person stealth game where you incarnate Emre Tuccar, a merchant from Constantinople and set off in search of his family in a city devastated by an ancient curse.
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Steam players who put hours into Despair also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Mythical Ruins
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Top pick for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Despair.
Discover a mysterious world without annoying quests in "Mythical Ruins". Fight a variety of enemies, explore different biomes and level up your skills in this epic Soulslike adventure. Venture into the hardcore area for the ultimate challenge!
Conquistadors
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Second-strongest match for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
You are a conquistador - a conqueror of territories during the era of colonization of America. You have to explore the area, enter into dialogues with local residents, complete tasks and quests, earn experience and gain new skills, recruit warriors for your squad and fight against aggressive tribes.
Viva Zalata
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Third-strongest match for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Despair.
Viva Zalata is a famous Egyptian hero movie. Today we take a look of the most beautiful video game ever. funny and comedy game with action adventure. The game in early access so you receive recently updates. Purchase it now!.
Blades and Bullets
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Ranked #4 for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Despair.
In 1939 Grand Emperor Hil’Tar a high elf who has set his sights for Poland which would spark the start of the Second World war. Hundreds of miles away across the ocean, you a young American working out of his parent's farm, learns of the fatal news that war in the Kingdom of Europe has broken out.
Out of Love
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Ranked #5 for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Despair.
A story of love, obsession, and the descent into darkness. In this game, love is not always sweet—it can be dangerous, deadly, and utterly consuming.
Trek to Yomi
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Ranked #6 for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Despair.
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
Revolution Diabolique
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Ranked #7 for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Despair.
Unlock diabolical magic in the time of Napoleon and Robespierre! Can you direct the course of the Revolution, or will you lose your head?
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening
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Ranked #8 for Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.
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Frequently asked about Despair
- Is Despair free to play?
- Yes — Despair is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Despair?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Despair are Mythical Ruins, Conquistadors, Viva Zalata.
- Who developed Despair?
- Despair was developed by Objectif 3D.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Despair.
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